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BASEBALL BAT
DATING GUIDE |
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1918 Goldsmith No. 97 Official League Baseball |
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1910's Goldsmith
Official League
Baseball No. 97 |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1918
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MANUFACTURER
- P. Goldsmith's
Sons Co.
Cincinnati, Ohio
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SIZE
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9" - 5 oz.
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PRICE GUIDE
- $300.00 - $400.00
Excellent-Near Mint
Condition
Add $100.-$150.
with Box
Information
Provided by:
Keymancollectibles.com
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Made by the P. Goldsmith's Sons Co.
this Circa 1910's Official League
Baseball, Catalog No. 97 was
"Guaranteed 18 Innings" The 1919
Goldsmith, Athletic Goods Catalog ad
pictured below goes on to boast "A ball
that will speed up your game and
approve your average" The 9 inch 5
ounce official size baseball features a
Horsehide cover, and the Red & Black
stitching associated with the National
League.
With the onset of the U.S. involvement in WWI in 1917, Washington
Senators owner Clark Griffith launched
a plan to support our troops by raising
money to purchase athletic equipment,
mainly baseball gear, to outfit every
U.S. military training camp. The 1918
Official National League Baseballs used
by American serviceman stationed in
Poitiers, France during the War had the
Y.M.C.A. stamp.
The Goldsmith baseball pictured below was part of the shipment of
sports equipment that went overseas.
The 1919 Catalog ad notes: "The Goldsmith
Official League Ball No. 97 is being
Furnished by the U.S. Government, the
Y.M.C.A., K of C. to our boys at Home
and abroad, and is being used
constantly in many games "Everywhere in
France"" (this ball landed in Germany)
Interesting to note the ball inscribed to Edith from our war hero Ray
reads "To Germany and Back World War
1918" It was years before WWII so there
is no reference to it being from the
first World War.
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1918 Goldsmith Official
League Baseball No. 97 |
1918 Goldsmith Official
League Baseball Specs |
1918 Goldsmith WWI era
Official League
Baseball |
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Circa 1920 Goldsmith
Official League
Baseball No. 97 Box |
1919 Goldsmith Athletic
Goods Catalog "Official
League Baseball" ad |
Circa 1920 Goldsmith
Official League
Baseball No. 97 Box |
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